History of Bermuda - Anglo-Boer War

Anglo-Boer War

During the Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902) 5,000 Boer Prisoners of War were received and housed on five islands. The placement of the Boer Prisoners of War were according to their views of the war. "Bitterenders" (Afrikaans: Bittereinders) who refused to pledge allegiance to the British Crown were interned on Darrell's Island and closely guarded. Other islands such as Morgan's Island held 884 men, including 27 officers, Tucker's Island held 809 Boer Prisoners of War, Burt's Island - 607, and Port's Island held 35.

The New York Times reported an attempted mutiny by Boer Prisoners of War en route to Bermuda and that martial law was enacted on Darryll's Island, in addition to the escape of three Boer Prisoners of War to mainland Bermuda as well as an escape by a young Boer soldier from Bermuda to New York on the steamship Trinidad.